Non-reclosable bottle.



No. 653,098. 'Patented July 3, I900.

J. E LAI'DLA-W. NON-RECLUSABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Apt. 13, 1900.)

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE S IN VE N 70/? ATTORNEY TATES JOHN EDWARD LAIDLAWV, OF VANCOUVER, CANADA.

NON-RECLOSABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,098, dated July 3, 1900. Application filed April 13, 1900. Serial No. 12,710- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD LAID- LAW, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented a new and useful Non-Reclosable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles to prevent the fraudulent refilling thereof; and my object is to provide a bottle having a stopper susceptible of being turned one way until a port in the same is connected with a port in a diaphragm in the neck of the bottle, which allows the contents to be withdrawn, but prevents the bottle being closed again by reason of the turnable stopper locking itself at this point in an open position. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved bottle-neck. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the neck without the turnable valve-stopper. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line a a, and Fig. 4 is a section of the valve-stopper on the line b b of the bottle-neck in Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The neck is of the ordinary pattern, but having a diaphragm 11 at some distance from its top, which diaphragm is provided with a port 12 on one side. Lying on the upper side of the diaphragm 11 is a disk 13, of some suitable packing material, which is provided with a port 14 therein to coincide with the port 12 in the diaphragm 11.

Lying above the packing-disk 13 and approximately occupying all of the space in the neck of the bottle above the diaphragm is a valve-stopper 15, which is provided with a port 16, similar to the port 12 in the diaphragm, but placed on the opposite side when the bottle is closed and sealed.

Arranged around the periphery, near the lower end of the valve stopper 15, is an annu lar groove 17, and a similar groove 18 at this point is provided in the inner periphery of the bottle-neck. These grooves 17 and 18 provide an annular recess for a retaining-ring 19,which when the valve-stopper is inserted is pressed into the groove 17 but springs out and lies in both the grooves, and thus permanently locks the stopper in.

At a suitable distance above the groove 17 in a recess on one side of the stopper, is a spring 20, held by a pin 20, the opposite ends of which would project beyond the periphery of such stopper when in its normal condition,

and arranged around the major portion of the inner periphery of the neck 10 from this point in the direction of the arrow is a rack 21,which is terminated by a recess 22 for a reason to be seen presently.

Fixed to the top of the valve-stopper 15 is a handle 23, having a projection on one side taking into a recess 24 on one side of the stopper and a projection 25 on the other side taking into a port 16 in the other side of the stopper. This handle is for turning the stopper to an open position, so that the liquid may be withdrawn when the handle is detached and the direct port to the contents exposed.

In the filling and sealing of my improved bottle the same is filled before the stopper 15 is inserted, the packing-disk 13 is placed in position, the ring 19 is then placed over the groove 17, the spring is placed in position, the stopper is inserted in the neck 10 in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the handle 23 is placed in position and sealed there by any convenient means. When the bottle is to be opened, the handle 23 is turned in the direction of the arrow until the spring 20 is brought against the forward end of the recess 22, which will bring the port 16 in the stopper and the port 12 in the diaphragm together. The handle is now detached and the contents withdrawn. As the trail end of the spring 20 engages the notches of the rack 21, the stopper 15 cannot be turned back, and thus the bottle when once opened cannot be closed.

From the foregoing it is seen that the contents of my bottle can only be given to the public once in a sealed condition,which is the main object in view.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A bottleneck having a diaphragm, with a port on one side some distance from its mouth, in combination with a packing-disk 13 lying on said diaphragm, and a hole through such disk coinciding with the port in the diaphragm, a stopper lying on the packing with a port on its opposite side to the port in the diaphragm but susceptible of being alined therewith, a retaining-ring lying in a groove in said stopper and a like groove in the bottie-neck, a rack-and-pawl mechanism allowing the stopper to be turned until the port in the same and the port in the diaphragm are brought in alinement, and locking said stopper in such position, and a detachable handle on the upper end of said stopper, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a bottle-neckhavinga diaphragm with a port on one side, a

1&16 alined, and a detachable handle forturning the stopper, as specified.

JOHN EDWARD LAIDLAW.

Witnesses:

ROWLAND BRITTAIN, EDITH G. MAOKENROT. 

